期刊
JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE
卷 66, 期 2, 页码 334-339出版社
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/jim-2017-000542
关键词
transforming growth factors; fibroblast growth factors; Phenotype; chronic disease
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81170073]
Pleural fibrosis can dramatically lower the quality of life. Numerous studies have reported that epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) regulated by transforming growth factor- (TGF-) is involved in fibrosis. However, the molecular mechanism is inadequately understood. Fibroblast-specific protein-1 (S100A4) is a target of TGF- signaling. In our previous study, we have reported that S100A4 is highly expressed in pleural fibrosis. Thus, we suggest that S100A4 took part in the TGF--induced EMT in pleural fibrosis. In this study, we determined the expression of S100A4 and EMT-related markers in Met-5A cells (pleural mesothelial cells) treated with TGF- or TGF- inhibitor by real-time PCR and western blot. In order to explore the role of S100A4, we used siRNA to knock down the expression of S100A4 in cell model. We found that the expression of epithelial cell marker was decreased and the mesenchymal cell marker increased with S100A4 upregulation after treatment with TGF-. Moreover, the changes of EMT-related event were restricted when the expression of S100A4 was knocked down. Conversely, S100A4 can partially rescue the EMT-related expression changes induced by TGF- inhibitor. These findings suggest that S100A4 expression is induced by the TGF- pathway, and silencing S100A4 expression can inhibit the process of TGF--induced EMT.
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